Improvement in cotton-bale ties



W. D. FIE LD.

CotiomBale Ties.

Patented June 17, 1873.

WITNESSES.

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WILLIAM I). FIELD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,024, dated J une17, 1873; application filed May 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. FIELD, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in OottOn Iies; and I do hereby declare that the followingspecification, taken in connection with the drawings making a part ofthe same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 7

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved cotton-tie. Figs. 3 and 5 aremodifications thereof. Figs. 2, 4, and 6 are side views of the tiesshown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, respectively.

In the accompanying drawings, AA, Fig. 1, represent two hooks,counterparts of each other, which are jointed together by a pivotpin, a.When the two hooks are in the proper relation to hold fast the ironhoops for strapping the cotton-bale, the figure which they represent isshown in the full lines of the drawing, and presents a rectangularcentral opening, B. One end of the hoop-strap O. is bent over the joint,and the other end of the hoop-strap C is bent around the members D ofthe hooks A A; the upwardly-projecting points 1) bearing against theedges of the hoopstraps, whereby the two members of the cotton-tie areprevented from opening.

To apply the fastening one of the members can be placed in relation tothe other, as shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 exhibits two hooks of substantially the same character as thoseshown at Fig. 1, but they are pivoted to a slotted link-piece, E. Oneend of the hoop-strap is inserted through the slot in the link-piece,and the other end is secured by the hook-pieces A A, as in the formercase.

The tie shown in Fig. 5 difi'ers only from the one shown in Fig. 3 inthe fact that a single hook-piece is employed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bale-tie composed of two hook-pieces, A A, pivoted together andarranged relatively to each other, substantially as described.

2. A bale-tie composed of the hook-piece A pivoted to a slottedlink-piece, E, substantially as described.

WILLIAM D. FIELD.

Witnesses B. F. THURSTON, Tnos. T. UosGRoE.

